Last year, I conducted a study called “Gen Y on the Job” in partnership with PayScale.com. One of our findings was that 15 percent of Gen Y’s are already managers. In order to learn more about how young managers can …Read »

A reader asks: My coworker just got fired. One day he was here, and the next he was gone. I didn’t see any signs that this was coming, and no one I’ve talked to knows why it happened. I’m anxious …Read »

Firing a staff member is one of the hardest parts of a manager’s job. But it’s also one of the most important, because having the right people – and only the right people – on your team will make a …Read »

We’ve been getting requests from readers for more strategies to prevent getting fired. Here are four more to keep in your back pocket. Be Hard to Replace You should build up a unique set of skills and take ultra-specific training …Read »

While writing my new book Blind Spots: The 10 Business Myths You Can’t Afford to Believe on Your New Path to Success, I met a guy named Sebastian. Sebastian told me that he had worked as an activity director at …Read »

As a business and workplace author and speaker, I’m always getting asked about how to cope with getting fired, or how to fire a wayward employee. But no one ever talks about the best way to cut ties with an …Read »